The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1954 Page: 5 of 8
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rass any student who is serious
and makes all ones. It's the others
that I'm after—the group of un-
mindful and burdensome ones who
sit around that vilg gathering
place under the Library and dis
grace the beauty and culture
above. (They even moved my tele-
vision set down there.) Let them
have their fun—I promise you I
will crack down right after finals.
My NAME has still not been
added to the staff box. This
must be taken care of immedi-
ately. Also... I want to inform
the Social editor that I have
been at most all the places she
has mentioned in her column. Is
it jealousy of my popularity...
or envy of my scholarly promin-
ence ... that causes her to ex-
clude my name? (I offer pub-
By DR. THEO BALD BLINKUS
I was just returning from my rounds Sunday night when
I heard several screams for help. My first impression was to
check the hedges, knowing full-well that something was amiss.
... No good ... so I dashed over to the Library, guessing
that some graduate student had set his foot down in one of
my bear-traps.
I was wrong...too late...Ger-
tie was gone... slipped out on us.
Greener grass got the best of...
poor Gertie.. .took her pre-final
fling and wound up in the police
station.
I'm not going to keep quiet
about this thing...the house-tops
...the steeples shall ring. Are we
(referring only to my colleagues,
of course, going to allow such foul
play to soil the time reverred
name (the one written in English
on the statue . . . the hand which
feeds us.. .the head which rests
the weary-bird ? No, nay, I am
against it.
Why did Gertrude Stein pack up
and leave the Rice Institute? I'll
tell you. She was tired of the friv-
olous way in which students (and
a few low-degreed professors- con-
duct themselves. Her poetess mind
just couldn't take it... needed nest.
Hurry, 'hurry, hurry... in and out
of the reading-r o o m s ... up and
down the elevator (when work-
ing) ... Smoke, smoke, smoke ...
nauseating fumes ... (Students be-
gan resting their butts on her ped-
estal the moment she got here.)
If I can persuade her to come
back—I'm not even sure -thax I
can—will you be kind and polite
to her? (Who painted her face
the other night?) I'm not
through investigating yet.
I know that while I am exposing
one sinful element on this campus,
another is slipping around for a
few weeks and taking advantage
of the fact that I voluntarily limit
my space in the Thresher each
week—in order to allow journalistic
experiments and to let members of
the Thresher try some of their
tripe on the student body. But—my
eyes are open—it is any business—
and I see everything that 'happens
on this caimpuls.
Be careful, my children. You can
be prudent without being a prude.
I'm not going to expose or embar-
lkly to giro her mm publicity
if she wiU give me some. I don't
care whose name I use.)
My Astronomy final will be com-
pletely revised this year. I have
two Russians and a Greek working
on it now. My students should be
prepared for some tricky questions.
I plan to give a review of the
course myself. It will cost twenty-
five dollars... and it won't help
much, frankly... but it will last
for seven hours and I'll kick in a
few original jokes which students
attending can remember and
chuckle about during the exam.
We might even take the telescope
apart. .1 dqn't know yet.
Anyone interested should come
up to my offioe no later than next
Tuesday. I don't expect a sell-out,
but you will want to get a good
seat and find out where the final
si going to be. (I can hardly
wait until dead-week is over. I, and
several of my colleagues, are plan-
ning a little celebration so that
we can be rested and in good spir-
its during our holidays.)
Patronize
THRESHER
Advertisers
lit Societies Plan
Bridge Tourney
The Women's Team of Four, an
annual bridge contest between
teams representing Rice literary so-
cieties and sponsored by the Rice
Bridge Club, will be held for the
second time in February of this
year. Last year each of the eight
lits entered teams. The circulating
trophy was won by the EB's, with
the MELLS taking a very close sec-
ond.
Every lit should see that they
have a team of four or five bridge
players organized and ready to en-
ter on February 10. The tourney
will be held on Wednesday night,
Feb. 10, at 8:00 p.m. Get up a team
and come on out and win that tro-
phy for your lit. Besides, its fun.
Cotton Bowl Film
Tonight At Forum
A special showing of the Cotton
Bowl will be held Friday night, Jan-
uary 15, at 8:00 P.M. in the Chem-
istry Lecture Hall. Narrator will be
Dan Hart.
The film, which is approximately
one hour and twenty minutes long,
includes scenes of the half-time ac-
tivities. Arrangements for the show-
ing were made by the Rice Forum
Committee.
This is an excellent opportunity
for those who did not get to see
the Cotton Bowl to do so now.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1954, newspaper, January 15, 1954; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230957/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.